This study was supported by a grant from the California HealthCare Foundation (Berland, PI), and the Robert-Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program (Berland and Algazy). The California HealthCare Foundation, based in Oakland, California, is a non-profit philanthropic organization whose mission is to expand access to affordable, quality health care for underserved individuals and communities, and to promote fundamental improvements in the health status of the people of California. A shorter version of this study is also published in the May 23, 2001 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA, May 23/30, 2001-Vol. 285, No. 20).
We appreciate Dan Durazo's advice in selecting Spanish search engines and Web sites. Throughout the project we have benefited from the support and guidance of Sam Karp, Chief Information Officer and Ann F. Monroe, Director, Quality Initiative, of the California HealthCare Foundation. The third chapter would not have been possible without the diligent efforts of the 34 physicians who reviewed the material we selected from the Web sites being evaluated.
They include: Evan Alley, MD, PhD, David Axelrod, MD, MBA, Patricia Barretto, MD, Deborati Borschel, MD, Marcia Brose, MD, PhD, Marcia Chantler, MD, Peter Cram, MD, Rebecca Elstrom, MD, Penelope Ewbank, MD, Renee Gerrero, MD, Katherine Goodchild, MD, Jini Han, MD, Michele Heisler, MD, David Lanfear, MD, Mary Ellen Martin, MD, John Meiser, MD, Tuan Nguyen, MD, Vu Nguyen, MD, Neeraja Peterson, MD, Tim Quan, MD, Karen Riedl, MD, Marc Riedl, MD, Kara Rysman, MD,Milene Saavedra, MD, Natalie Sacks, MD, Aaron Shiels, MD, Peggy Shiels, MD, Guido Silversti, MD, Clint Snedegar, MD, Rosa Solorio, MD, Rick Starlin, MD, Steven Stein, MD, Trini Tellez, MD, and Keoki Williams, MD.